2015 -- S 0516 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR | |
ACTIONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, McCaffrey, Lynch, and Archambault | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2015 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 10-9.1-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 10-9.1 entitled "Post |
2 | Conviction Remedy" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 10-9.1-9. Appeal. -- A final judgment entered in a proceeding brought under this chapter |
4 | shall be appealable to the supreme court in the same manner and subject to the same requirements |
5 | as a final judgment in a civil action. An aggrieved party may seek review of a final judgment |
6 | entered in a proceeding brought under this chapter by filing a petition for writ of certiorari in |
7 | accordance with the supreme court rules of appellate procedure within sixty (60) days of the entry |
8 | of the final judgment. |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would provide that supreme court review of final judgments in post conviction |
2 | relief proceedings be sought by the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari in accordance with the |
3 | supreme court rules of appellate procedure. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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